All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. The idea began with something like a dinner party. About 17 years ago, Carlos Branger, who had…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Let’s get one thing straight: There is nothing gourmet, artisanal or chef-driven about the cheese omelet at Metro…
After all these years, Bread Winners is still a solid brunch option.
Fair Park is getting attention with talk about its future, and soon it will be overwhelmed with crowds lining up to be jostled on topsy-turvy rides and waiting in front of decadent food-serving stalls as the State Fair of Texas makes its return. But this weekend, Fair Park plays host…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. How doe we choose a Tacos Mariachi taco for inclusion in our list of favorite dishes? It’s like…
This has always been a cheeseburger to crave. It gets into the folds of your brain, sits dormant like a volcano and rumbles when you imagine ordering it again. It tastes, somehow, exactly like Independence Day fireworks, and is served with the exactitude of a NASA mission: A crimson dash…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. I have a cookbook with a recipe called “Tomato Party,” but I’m not sure that it can top…
Kids these days have it so easy. No, I’m not talking about millennial entitlement, smartphones, trigger warnings, participation trophies or our planet’s inevitable spiral into a nightmare of rising oceans and blistering heat waves. I’m talking about the fact that college kids can get such sophisticated drunk food. Take the…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. When it hits the table, it’s hard not to wonder what kind of sorcery has been placed before…
American flag emojis at the ready, Dallas. If you’re not lake-adjacent this weekend, chances are you’ll be looking for a brunch to sop up last night’s long-weekend tomfoolery. Here are a few places to hit up if you’re looking to try something new this Fourth of July weekend. IdleRyeThis new…
Some call the Grapevine a gay bar or a dive bar or a hole-in-the-wall, but in reality, it’s so much bigger than that.
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Stumbling upon Taquero feels like finding an oasis in the desert. Happy bossa nova music streams from the…
It is noon on a Sunday and a line is predictably snaking its way from Jonathon’s Oak Cliff. People drive for miles to have their chicken and waffles, making Jonathon’s more than a place to simply consume brunch, but rather a brunch destination. But if you keep walking down North…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. A dark Deep Ellum bar seems like a strange place to find hearty Hungarian fare, but that’s just…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Dagwood would be proud. Sometimes you can’t decide what you want in your sandwich. Ham sounds good; breaded,…
On the surface, Chelsea Corner is a bar that you know well: mini Uptown parking lot, lustrous design, pizzas, a patio that straddles outside and in, flat-screens above the bar. There’s a brilliant innovation in the men’s restroom: a metal grate below the urinal that leads to a steel drain…
We’re all familiar with the metal tray of barbecue or a greasy burger served in a little red basket at our favorite dive, but in all styles of Dallas cuisine, the plate seems to be increasingly pasé. Lately, creativity is spilling out onto the plate — or non-plate, as it were…
Revolver Taco Lounge got its name, according to one story, from the carefully handcrafted designs of legendary gunmaker Arturo Rojas, whose handiwork can be spotted in the back room of the restaurant founded and operated by his son Regino. But I prefer the other origin story. Revolver Taco Lounge got…
The under-$10 burger is a dying breed in Dallas. Every week, a new sandwich emerges from the wild shouldering farm beef and craft whatnot that’s poised to topple the lists of cheap, simple burgers. The drop-dead-simple dive burger and the diner burger, the ones that you used to be able…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Tots: so hot right now. From classic tater tots at Maple & Motor to gourmet tots at Town…
Mellow Mushroom, the national stoner-themed pizza franchise, has closed the Henderson Avenue location that opened in 2016. According to reports on social media from former employees, the restaurant closed abruptly Sunday. The pizza franchise had a hard time gaining a foothold on a street with solid pizza options like Louie’s, Fireside Pies…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Tucked into an anonymous little strip mall at the corner of Inwood and Maple, behind the little La…
